Literature Terms
What is the difference between verse and prose?
Lineation / meter
Who was Virgil's patron?
Caesar Augustus
The poetic form of Beowulf
Anglo-Saxon Alliterative Verse
1314
How many children does Mr. Schepps have?
Four.
This term refers to the study of sound-patterns in a poem.
Prosody
Beowulf's last loyal retainer.
Wiglaf
The Hebrew verb in Genesis 1 that means "hovering" and suggests maternal gentleness.
"Merahefet"
The Book of Genesis
Name the sport Mr. McClatchey did NOT play in high school: basketball, swimming, tennis, baseball, football.
Tennis
A figure of speech in which a part stands for the whole or the whole for a part.
Synecdoche
The Norman invasion took place in the year ____.
1066
Dante's political party, including the color.
White Guelph
Beowulf
10th Century AD
What was Mr. Andrew's role at ACA before becoming head of school?
Upper School Principal
This term describes a contradiction that reveals a deeper truth.
Paradox
The Babylonian creation myth that Genesis seems to echo.
Enuma Elish
The poetic form of Dante's Divine Comedy.
Terza rima.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
14th c AD
Where did Dr. Farmer go to college?
Toccoa Falls College
(In verse) the continuation of a sentence without a pause beyond the end of a line, couplet, or stanza.
Enjambment
The name of the primordial chaos goddess whom Marduk butchers to make the universe.
Tiamat
This Italian word means "evil ditch."
"Malebolge."
The Aeneid
1st c BC
What state is Dr. Roth from?
Michigan